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Born October 7, 1377 • Toulon • France
Died April 29, 1417 (aged 39) • Angers • France
Louis I
duke of Anjou
Louis III
king of Naples and Sicily
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden
Ladislas
king of Naples
Conradin
duke of Swabia
Robert
king of Naples
Si Votha
Cambodian prince
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
Alfonso V, bronze medal by Pisanello, 1448–49; in the Bargello, Florence
Alfonso V
king of Aragon and Naples
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Henry VI
Henry VI
Holy Roman emperor
duke of Monmouth
James Scott, duke of Monmouth
English noble
Bonaparte, Joseph
Joseph Bonaparte
king of Spain and Naples
Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
Matilda
Matilda
daughter of Henry I of England, consort of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V